How to Identify a BMX Footjam Endo

Series Summary

BMX biking is a creative way of using bicycles that originally arose out of bicycle motocross racing. Split into several disciplines including street, vert, skate park, trails and flatland, BMX riding feeds off of skateboarding and occurs in the some of the same arenas. Like skateboarding, there are numerous and variable tricks that can be performed, and tricks that were once considered too risky or impossible are regularly mastered and eventually become commonplace. Considered an extreme sport, BMX biking takes its place alongside skateboarding as both a mode of transportation, hobby, and sport within the youth populace.

BMX riding is mostly known for its tricks, and one trick in particular is called the footjam endo. In this trick, the rider jams their foot into the front tire while keeping the back tire up over the coping. In this free video series, an expert will teach a footjam endo from start to finish, from identifying the trick to tire and foot placement. You'll learn how to approach a footjam endo, how to jam your foot, and how to add some style to the BMX trick. The trick may seem simple, but can be intimidating at first, so leave it to the expert to show you how to take it one step at a time!

Video Transcript

"Hey guys this is Andy from Expert Village, Ramp Riders Skate Park and Seventh South Clothing. In this series of clips I'm going to be teaching you what a foot jam is, how to do it and what it looks like in its entirety. I'm going to be teaching you the basics, how to do it, what to look for and how to not fall and hurt yourself. The foot jam basically is what it sounds like you're going up to a quarter pipe and you're going to end up jamming your front foot into the wheel while keeping your back wheel over the actual copping of the quarter pipe or ramp which ever you are on. It's very supplicate trick you just have to be comfortable with it and you have to start off small. If you try to do it on these big ramps you are really going to get intimidated and probably fall."